A time of decline: An eco-anthropological and ethnohistorical investigation of mpox in the Central African Republic.

• Main Authors: Romain Duda (Author), José Martial Betoulet (Author), Camille Besombes (Author), Festus Mbrenga (Author), Yanina Borzykh (Author), Emmanuel Nakouné (Author), Tamara Giles-Vernick (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The Central African Republic (CAR) has experienced repeated mpox outbreaks since 2001. Although several mpox epidemiological risk factors for zoonotic and interhuman transmission have been documented, the reasons for more frequent epidemic outbreaks are less well understood, relying on vague explana...